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Jeff Ravitz and Bandit Light Electric Forest Festival

Electric Forest Festival

Jeff Ravitz and Bandit Light Electric Forest Festival

ROTHBURY, MI – For the Electric Forest Festival, which drew fans to Rothbury, MI with performances by The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar and Major Lazer, among others, LD Jeff Ravitz worked with Bandit Lites’ Dizzy Gosnell on the best lighting choices to meet this event’s unique lighting needs. Bandit supplied GRNLite Moving Washes, GLP Impression 90s, Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots, Robe Robin LED Beams, CK Color Blast TRXs and CK ColorBlaze 72s, among other fixtures, for the event, which ran from June 23-26.

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Lightware USA Partners with High End Systems on All-in-One Lighting and Video Control Platform

LAKE ORION, MI – High End Systems, makers of lighting products and control systems, has partnered with Lightware USA to create an all-in-one lighting and video control platform for live events.  Lightware USA is the US sales and support office for products from Hungary-based Lightware Visual Engineering. By connecting the High End Hog control family (including the Hog 4, Full Boar 4, Road Hog 4, HedgeHog 4 and RackHog 4) with a Lightware FR33 Matrix Switcher and developing protocol with Lightware EDID Manager, a single operator is now able to directly control lighting and video equipment.

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CueCore2

CueCore2 Solid-state Lighting Control from Visual Productions

Visual Productions upgraded their CueCore 1024 channel solid-state lighting controller with the CueCore2. This new controller now offers even more capacity and protocols for architectural lighting projects and will be available to see on their booth #1749 during LDI in Las Vegas this month. The CueCore2 is a lighting controller for permanent installations. The device is completely solid-state, with no moving parts; it is a secure and low-maintenance installation control solution that has only a minimal power consumption. 

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Fall Out Boy at Leeds

Fall Out Boy Performs at U.K.’s Reading and Leeds Festivals with Jands Vista Lighting Control

READING, UK – A Jands Vista console was at the heart of Fall Out Boy’s headline performances at the recent Reading and Leeds Festival main stages. The Chicago band have spent the past decade working their way up the festivals’ bill, and their strikingly visual performances on the consecutive nights, created by production designer Robb Jibson, garnered rave reviews in the media. Robb, who also helms Chicago-based So Midwest Inc which provided the Vista control package, has been touring extensively with the band.

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New World Symphony

Miami’s New World Symphony Prepares for a 4K Future with Hitachi Cameras

MIAMI — Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd., based in Woodbury, NY, has partnered with New World Symphony, an orchestral academy based in Miami Beach, to help transition the live production of its world-renowned outdoor Wallcast concert experiences and other productions to native 4K UHD resolution. Along with Christie projectors, the Hitachi SK-UHD4000 cameras represent the first phase of an end-to-end 4K video infrastructure upgrade at the New World Center, campus of the New World Symphony.

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PR Live lights the Party

PR Live Generates Large Format Projection for Private U.K. Event

UK – Event technical production solution specialist PR Live supplied an impressive large format projection on the side of a large house as the finale for an exclusive private party in the UK. The PR Live crew used a combination of their new d3 server and six Christie 20K high powered projectors for this project. PR Live’s Dave Gillett led the team, designed the projection system and applied his experience in the specialist area of projection mapping which caught guest’s attention as they exited a big marquee that was erected in the garden for the event.

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ENTTEC Phero 33

Enttec Phero 33 RGB Pixel Bar

Enttec’s Phero 33 RGB Pixel Bar is a linear LED fixture that consumes only 18 watts but produces impressive luminous output using 33 independent RGB pixels that promises uniform color.  While some LED units struggle with the warm color palette, the Phero 33 is touted for giving designers dynamic deep reds, ambers and yellows.

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From top left to bottom right - Ben Clark, Wylder Cooper, Jessica Ann Drayton, Alyssa Glenn, Alex Stevens and Nils Voerste

Meet This Year’s Recipients of ETC’s LDI Student Sponsorship

MIDDLETON, WI – In its continuing support of arts education, ETC is once again giving six students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the fields of lighting design and stage technology an exclusive opportunity for professional development. As recipients of ETC’s annual LDI Student Sponsorship, the students will enjoy an all-expense-paid trip to the LDI tradeshow, a full conference pass to experience the newest technology and benefit from LDI seminars and trainings. 

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Chris Prosio

DWP Live Adds Chris Prosio as Director of Sales

NASHVILLE, TN  – Chris Prosio, A 25-year veteran of the audiovisual and media production industries, has joined video and projection mapping company, DWP Live, as director of sales. Prosio will promote the DWP Live brand while expanding the company’s equipment rental, event production, and 3D laser scanning divisions.

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Electric Zoo 2016

Electric Zoo Festival Returns to NYC with Pyrotecnico Special Effects

NEW YORK – Helping to transform New York’s Randall’s Island into the “Wild Island” for the 2016 Electric Zoo Festival from Sept. 2-4, Pyrotecnico brought special effects that included the laser beams emitting from the eyes of the giant cobra structure that served as a visual focal point for EDM revelers. Pyrotecnico also provided pyrotechnics, flames and confetti, impressing close to 100,000 who attended the three-day event.

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Christie Teams with Evans & Sutherland on First True8K Digital Dome Demo in Toronto Oct. 7

TORONTO – Christie and Evans & Sutherland are key sponsors of the annual Giant Screen Cinema Association trade show (GSCA), now taking place (Oct. 4-7) in Toronto. On Friday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. until noon, Christie and Evans & Sutherland will hold the first True8K Digital Dome Demo at the Ontario Science Center. The demo will light up the venue’s 24-meter dome with Christie’s Digistar 6 planetarium/dome cinema system, making use of 10 Christie Mirage 304K projectors.

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